Chemise



(NoModeL) J. S. BAKER. Chemise.

No. 233,462. Patented Oct. 19,1880.

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UNITED STATEs;

PATENT OFFICE.

JOHN S. BAKER, OF BALTIMOIt'lil, MARYLAND, ASSIGNOR TO THE AMERICANPATENT UNDERWEAR COMPANY, OF EXETER, NEW HAMPSHIRE.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 233,462, dated October19, 1880.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, JOHN S. BAKER, ofBaltimore, in the county ofBaltimore and State of Maryland, have invented a new and usefulImprovement in Chemises; and I do hereby declare that the following is afull, clear, and exact description of the same.

My invention relates to the manufacture of chemises and like garments;and it consists in the peculiar construction of the garment in respectto several details hereinafter specified, and in the mode of making saidgarments.

In thedrawin gs hereunto attached and forming part of thisspecification, Figure 1 represents the completed garment, and Fig. 2 thecloth or pattern from which the garment is made.

Heretofore it has been customaryin making such garments to form them ofseparate pieces out approximately to iit the body, 'and when rufflingwas desired about the neck and arms to add it by sewing said ruffling tothe gar ment.

My invention aims to form the entire gar- 2'5 ment preferably out of onepiece, and to form the ruffling out of the cloth which constitutes thebody of the garment by the same gathering which gives the garment shape.

In carrying out my invention 1 cut the cloth 0 to form the chemise inthe shape shown in Fig. 2, in which a is the opening about the neck. b bthe parts which are to form the arms, and c 0 front and rear of thegarment. The parts 0 c are then folded exactly upon each other, 3 5 sothat the edges coincide, and the side seams are sewed up, as shownatddinFigl. These may be sewed as plain seams, without any gathering. Toform the neck, however, and to give the proper shape to the garment,that 40 part of the cloth on the line 0 6 about opening Applicationfiled March 31, 1880.

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a in Fig. 1 is gathered either by hand or on any machine fitted for thepurpose,the amount of gathering being propeily adjusted to give thedesired shape to the garment.

The line of sewing, as indicated at h h, is a 5 little removed from theedge of the cloth, so as to leave a ruffle attached about the upper partof the garment, thereby obviating the necessity of sewing on additionalruffling independently of the material of the garment itself.

After the gathering has been formed a strip or band, k, of any suitablematerial is sewed on over the line of the gathering, so as to concealthe threads and to strengthen the garment and add to its appearance. Thearms are formed in the same manner as the neck, the parts being gatheredand covered with bands, as shown at l l. Obviously the exposed edges,before being gathered, may be hemmed in the ordinary manner.

This method of forming chemises may, without material alteration, beapplied to forming outer garments for children, or for any analogousshape of other garments; but 1 do not limit myself in this respect tothe precise kind 65 of garment specified and shown.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim as new and desire tosecure is- The described garment cut with enlarged openings and fittedby gathering, the gathered 7o edge being strengthened by a band, I, andconstituting the ruffled edge, all as set forth.

In testimony whereof I have signed my name to this specification in thepresence of two subscribing wituesses.

JOHN S. BAKER.

Witnesses:

W. H. PHILLIPS, J r., T. DUDLEY BAGBY.

